Why does this woman have her hand pressing on the stucco wall? ? Is she a time traveler trying to find a portal? Is the Rallysaurus beckoning her across? Or, is she testing the resolve of the wall, feeling for …
Later tonight the Bank of Japan will hold its equivalent of our Fed’s FOMC meeting and reveal its intentions regarding continued quantitative easing. So by the time our stock market opens on Wednesday the central banks’ news flow will be …
“Ahoy, Me Hearties!” September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Our diver above however, is no pirate. But he is underwater, standing defensively to protect his booty just in case a pirate comes along.
Semiconductors remain as resilient …
Rubber Rabbitbrush, also known in these parts as Chamisa, flowers each fall into these dense clusters of bright-yellow. As beautiful as Chamisa is to look at, the pollen infamously causes an annoying allergic reaction in some people.
With the market …
A little trick with backlighting, this painting on rice paper will change color and luminosity with the touch of a dimmer.
I’ve brightened it up with photo editing to make it glow blindingly (if you stare at the middle too …
Chile Peppers roasting in a slow-turning drum over high heat.
It’s chile season in the Southwest. Tuesday we saw Uncle Sam standing tall over Hatch, New Mexico holding a green chile in one hand with a much larger and hotter …
Uncle Sam looms large. In his left hand he holds a green chili pepper. But to his right, a much larger and spicier red chili pepper tries to get his attention.
The more capsaicin a chili pepper has the hotter …
While last week ended beautifully for the bears and bloody for the bulls, this week begins to the theme song of Laurel and Hardy’s comedy act of the mid-40’s- “The Dance of the Cuckoos.”
The humor of Laurel and Hardy …
Hummingbirds wash down soft-bodied insects and spiders with sugar water. The sugar water we leave in the feeders on our portal has provided them with the extra nectar they need to power that bug eating machine.
As these beautiful birds …
As we awoke today, we saw outside our window this elaborate web built by a Golden Huntsmen Spider.
Our little hunter sat in the middle of the web waiting to trap his breakfast. Like most spiders, they use venom to …
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